hi Gary, messages crossed,just tried your initial version 1.8 and it works perfect.did change my local time and decimal settings to English/UK, so a . instead of a ,do you want me to test the last one with decimal set to , ?ivo

I'd love to use this program but I'm having some trouble getting PSXBACARS to start.

I've installed it and have a valid copy of TOPCAT and PSX running on the same Windows 7 computer running .NET Framework 4.5.1 and Java SE Development kit 8 Update 40.

I can get the AcarsDispatcher program to open, and after adding my ACARS logon to the AcarsDispatcher.exe config file, I can get it to exchange information between Hoppie's ACARS dispatch and TOPCAT ACARS programs, though nothing appears in PSX.

When I try to open PSXBACARS (normally or as administrator) it just hangs, then fails with the message " PSXBACARS has stopped working."

Is there some order I need to start the programs in or additional dependencies that I don't have?

When you installed it did you use the installer in my original link? That needs to be running first, if you patched it with the latest version in this thread then you will also need the new config file in that zip too.

I hade the same problem in the beginning,BACARS stopped working after a few seconds.For me it was the firewall of bitdefender that caused this .Disable all your firewalls and try again,if it then works you have to grant acces to BACARS hope this helpsIvo

No luck I'm afraid, still crashes before even opening the window, even with my firewalls / antivirus disabled. I installed it on another laptop and same problem. No debug text is created, I guess it crashes too early to create one.

There's got to be something specific to your setup. There are enough people running it elsewhere, but obviously we arnt covering this specific issue.

Can you do me a favour and post a screen shot of your Bacars directory in windows explorer with details view selected please? I can only fix it with a bit of help.... Don't expect it to "just work" in a future version if I don't know what to fix

Still not working I'm afraid, though I feel like we're getting closer to the problem.

I do have the Segoe fonts installed. Scannow didn't identify any faults. I tried re-installing the Segoe fonts, the Segoe update, .NET framework and BACARS. I also tried changing my system language from Australian English to US English because I saw this caused similar crashes online.

The crash error no longer appears, though BACARS still doesn't start and it still appears in Eventvwr with the same faults. The ACARS dispatcher still works though, is this based on the same font and software? I don't really understand why one would work and one wouldn't.

Would it be too much trouble to try the software with a different front?